94 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



Perm Govt, south to Tula Govt, ; Urals south to Orenburg, and 

 also in W. Siberia. Winters in India. Accidental England and 

 Heligoland. 



Phylloscopus bonelli bonelli (Vieillot). Bonelli's 

 Warbler. Fr. Pouillot Bonelli ; Ger. Berglaubsiinger ; Ital. Lui 

 bianco. 



Adult, summer. Above brown, yellowish green on rump ; 

 outer margins of tail feathers, wing coverts and quills, and the 

 eye-stripe pale buff; beneath white ; under wing coverts and 

 axillaries yellow, ist primary about 5 m.m. longer than coverts ; 

 2nd between 6th and 7th ; 3rd and 4th longest ; 3rd, 4th, and 5th 

 emarginate outer webs. Bill dark horn above, paler at base 

 below. Legs and feet brown. Wing ^ 59-67, $ 57-62. Tarsus 

 19-20. Bill 7-8. 



Breeds. — S. and E. France, S.W. Germany, Switzerland, 

 Austria, Italy (especially N. and C.), Spain and Portugal, Algeria, 

 Tunisia and Morocco. Migrates ; rare in Egypt on passage. 

 Winters Africa (Soudan and Senegal). 



P. bonelli orientalis (Brehm). Greyer above and wing longer 

 than in typical form. W^ing $ 66-71, ? 64-67 (H.). 



Breeds. — Greece, Crimea, Asia Minor to Palestine. Occurs 

 Egypt on passage. Winters Nile Valley. 



Phylloscopus sibilatrix sibilatrix (Bechstein). Wood 

 Warbler. Fr. Pouillot-siffleur ; Ger. Waldlaubsiinger ; Ital. Lui 

 verde ; Sived. Gron Sangare. 



Adult, summer. Above yellowish green ; face, eye-stripe, 

 throat, breast, thighs, edge of wing, and axillaries bright yellow^ 

 rest of underparts white, ist primary very small, shorter than 

 primary coverts ; 3rd longest ; 2nd generally equal to, sometimes 

 a little shorter than 4th, always longer than 5th ; 3rd to 5th 

 emarginate. Bill brown, paler below. Legs and feet brownish 

 flesh. Wing $ 74-79, ? 70-79- Tarsus 18-19. Pi^l 8-10. After 

 autumn moult plumage duller : upper parts green, tinged brown 

 on crown and mantle. 



Breeds. — S. Norway, Sweden to 66", N. Russia to 64^, Baltic 

 Provinces, British Isles, south to Central France, Austria and 

 Hungary. Migrates ; occurs on passage S. Europe, Palestine, 



